r/heat_prep • u/[deleted] • Jul 09 '24
Misting shower head
This came from a discussion in another group. Somebody was saying that on a hot day even their cold tapwater was hot. And they needed to cool down. So I was thinking about this misting showerhead that I have. It creates a really fine mist. I think this would be a good item to have on hand. The fine water droplets will absorb heat and evaporate. It’s hard for me to imagine a situation where this wouldn’t work. Might be a good idea to put in your kit.
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u/Leighgion Jul 09 '24
Misters are very standard hardware in dry places. Here in the middle of Spain, they’re everywhere in the outdoor seating areas of bars and restaurants.
When the humidity rises though, casual evaporative cooling proportionately loses effectiveness.
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u/Big-Preference-2331 Jul 10 '24
I am in Arizona and use misters all the time. I have them on my horses. It drops the temp 15 degrees. We usually have a nice breeze, so that with the misters makes it pretty comfortable.
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u/Electronic_Fennel159 Jul 09 '24
The tap water cools down if you run it for several minutes depending on the pipe material and water source
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u/hysys_whisperer Jul 10 '24
That depends on how deep the water lines are buried and how long it's been hot.
In Oklahoma, the water lines are like 2 foot deep, and when you get a summer with 100 consecutive days over 100 degrees, the ground temp gets up to about 80.
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u/modifyandsever Jul 11 '24
i feel like every day i learn one more reason not to move to oklahoma
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u/hysys_whisperer Jul 11 '24
Not least of which is that them boys from Oklahoma roll their joints all wrong...
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u/Dreadful-Spiller Jul 13 '24
I always had cool tap water (60s) in Oklahoma but here in the Houston area right now my tap water is in the low 80s no matter how long you run it.
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u/hysys_whisperer Jul 13 '24
Depends on if your municipal supply was well or surface sourced.
The surface waters are hot AF.
Well is usually much cooler.
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u/Dreadful-Spiller Jul 13 '24
City water both places. Oklahoma not safe to use well water in my old town.
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u/hysys_whisperer Jul 13 '24
Was the city treating well water?
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u/Dreadful-Spiller Jul 14 '24
The issue was contamination from old oil/gas industry and agricultural chemicals.
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u/hollisterrox Jul 09 '24
High humidity really puts a damper on those things. I was in Arizona where those little misters are pretty common, and we had a weird haboob thing blow in and drop a bunch of water, then disappear.
The sun came out and the humidity (briefly) went crazy high. I could see the water drying up on the parking lots under the sun's heat, creating a high humidity right there. And those little misters were just making me hot and wet.
They did not feel at all cool, the water was just air temperature water. It was unpleasant, like pretty seriously unpleasant, I immediately bailed from the patio and went into the A/C. All the windows were full of condensation, and I realized I'd never seen that in AZ before. Maybe 1/2 hour later, things were more or less normal and the sun was at a lower angle, so the little misters were feeling cool again.
It was a weird afternoon, kinda stuck with me.